Very funny, Sean, but are you certain the Salmon River isn't damned? Or at least cursed or cussed at a little? Probably you mean it's the longest damned undammed river around. I hope they never dam it, gosh-durn it all anyway.

My mistake, it is the longest undamned river in the lower that flows within one state. But it certainly is not curved or interacts with any man made diversion along its path. here is some good info on it. thanks for the vote!

I was (in jest) giving you a hard time Sean, on your choice of the word "undamned," as opposed to the completely different "undammed." The one has to do with hell and damnation; the other with blocking the flow of a stream or river. I'm not sure which is worse.

"Mountain running" is something that developed after many years of trail running for me- I live on the side of a mountain , so when I run it's always 1000-2000 ft elevation gain minimum. A lot of times I'm going very slow, but it's still running. Then when I have to stop running to hike , because it's so vertical, the hiking actually feels like a relief! It's also allowed me to do 2-3 days climbs and hikes in 1 day (or 2-5 peaks in a day in some cases)